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614: 148:; Marius raised a levy and then marched on the hill. Saturninus surrendered but was lynched by a mob after being confined in the senate house. Around the same time, Glaucia was possibly killed after being dragged from a certain Claudius' house. Alternatively, he may have been with Saturninus on the Capitoline where he was lynched shortly after Marius' forces took the hill. 80:. In the law, he also provided for recovering extorted funds from the ultimate recipients rather than just those who had been convicted; the law also barred convicts from addressing public assemblies. More scandalously, when presiding over the elections of successors, a successful candidate named Nunnius or Nonius was murdered and Saturninus was elected as replacement. 91:
but was unsuccessful. The next year, Glaucia was elected praetor for 100 BC. In this year, he was allied with the consul Gaius Marius and Saturninus. Saturninus started a legislative programme which sought to expand grain subsidies, establish veteran colonies in the provinces, give Marius powers
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Regardless, the narrative of Glaucia's death provided in Appian is largely incompatible with Cicero's more reliable description of the events of 100 BC. Glaucia attempted that year to stand for the consulship and, if his candidacy had been accepted, would have won due to his immense popularity.
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Badian believes it more likely that, given Cicero's claims of Glaucia's popularity, Saturninus and Glaucia sought instead to pass a plebiscite to overturn Marius' decision and order acceptance of Glaucia's candidacy. After Saturninus had Memmius murdered, probably while fleeing a sudden riot
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in 100 BC. He is most well known for being an illegal candidate for the consulship of 99 BC. He was killed during riots and political violence in the year 100 BC while pursuing consular candidacy.
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But his candidacy was rejected by the presiding officer, almost certainly Marius in this case. Appian instead reports that Glaucia was in the process of losing that election to a competitor,
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and Emilio Gabba, believe this to be erroneous and that Appian's claims are incompatible with Roman electoral procedure. That Appian's narrative is here flawed is now generally accepted.
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The date of Glaucia's death is disputed. Appian claims that both he and Saturninus died on 10 December 100 BC. Some modern historians, including
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taken to the senate house and lynched en bloc, per Appian. Such a view is "certainly incorrect".
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and convened a popular assembly there to enact such legislation. At the instigation of
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Glaucia was probably descended from consular ancestors, making him one of the
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to grant Roman citizenship, and redistribute land seized from the
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Roman
praetor
nobiles
quaestorship
T. R. S. Broughton
plebeian tribune
Lucius Appuleius Saturninus
Appian
equites
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
senate
Cimbri
Ernst Badian
Gaius Memmius
Capitoline Hill
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
princeps senatus
senatus consultum ultimum
Servilia gens
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